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Secret Molecules and As Good As Dead Reviewed
May 11, 2026
Secret Molecules – In Your Shadow
How many of the people who get to sing in front of a mic do you think actually mean it? And, if it turns out that most of them are just doing their job and nothing else, would you be disappointed?
It’s OK if you would be.
Jonny Amoral and The Hellflowers Reviewed
May 10, 2026
Jonny Amoral – Dig Me Up
Life takes up all of your time and, of course, it tends to get in the way. There’s never enough time to do the things you should, and that’s especially true when you’re stuck on the tasks you must tend to.
This applies to all…
Twenny Bucks and Nicole Sabouné Reviewed
May 6, 2026
Twenny Bucks – Small Green Frog
Iggy Pop used to strip half-naked and throw himself onto a floor covered in broken glass. Think that was pretty nihilistic, huh? That’s the kind of thing that, nowadays, makes so much sense that it could get you a respectable job in…
russell collective x briandina – Pick Somebody Else
For as long as there’s been pop music, singers have been desperate to sing in time and in tune, as if not doing this would curse them to a life of endless ridicule and misery.
Singers take classes…
Jake the Dog and Used to Be Young Reviewed
May 6, 2026
Jake the Dog – BackBurner
Psychologists just go ahead and play with your mind if they really want to. It’s no wonder that many of them eventually decide to quit the daily grind and start their own cults. They simply know which buttons to push and what power this…
Matching Drapes and Mögel Reviewed
May 6, 2026
Matching Drapes – Pink Tax
Nobody was ever really free. Yet, for a while during the last century, the world benefited from a beautiful charade. Everyone with any power agreed to pretend to play nice. People used to say “thank you” and “hello.” Old empires…
Fences x Marilyn Manson – Drugs Like You
It’s good to remember that most people don’t just get out of their house and start doing things because they want things to improve. Many people, actually, want them to get worse. In fact, I’d argue that a good chunk of…
The Parlor – The Sacred Is the Sweetest
Retro rock fashion seems to celebrate a history that never really happened. The 2000s indie-rock wasn’t as sleazy as people would like to remember. Most of the bands on the Sunset Strip spent more time on their hair than on…
Pretty Baby and Armand Popa Reviewed
May 4, 2026
Pretty Baby – 8:25pm Greenwich Fucking Mean
The world doesn’t make much sense at the best of times. But, advertisements, movies and, especially, pop music always try to fix that problem for us. Characters in any of those productions always get a back story, some…